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Fast Cash and Payday Loans


Abstract: Payday loans are convenient and provide FAST cash to cover emergency situations or help pay a borrower?s expenses from one paycheck to the next. But the fee-based structure of payday lending is quite different from a traditional loan, and laws vary among the states. The April 2019 edition of Page One Economics: Focus on Finance takes a look at the structure and fees that make these loans costly.

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Part of Series: Page One Economics Newsletter

Publication Date: 2019-04

Pages: 1-7